On the Road Update

Back in May, I posted about On the Road and how it was getting turned into a movie. At the time, it was supposed to be released in December of 2011. That didn't happen. It looks like the movie starring Sam Riley (from Control and 13) as Sal and Garrett Hedlund (from Tron: Legacy) as Dean will come out sometime this summer, or maybe even in May.

This little push back is nothing in comparison to the big picture. The movie industry has been talking about turning Jack Kerouac's novel into a film since the late 50s. The rights to the book were bought in 1979 and numerous screenplays have been written since then. A version was almost done in 2001 that would have had Colin Farrell in it. I'm kind of relieved that one never got made. I'm not sure how I feel about this movie version, but I'll still see it.

Here's the "official" trailer. And by the way, I hear they took the quotes from the original scroll, aka the unedited book. So don't freak out if they appear to be wrong.

Glimpse and Fallen

I've been a horrible blogger, I know. I haven't had a chance to read anything new. But here's a few supernatural books I plan on reading when time allows:

Glimpse (Zellie Wells #1)
This book by Stacey Wallace Benefiel is the first of three. And this one is free on Amazon for kindle right now.

The story follows Zellie Wells (duh), who has what the book description describes as a "devastating" crush on Avery Adams. Avery isn't just some boy from school, he's also the son of her mom's high school sweetheart. On her birthday, she discovers that Avery has a crush on her, too. But of course, things can't just be perfect. Zellie has a premonition of his death. Though freaked out, she tries to ignore it. And then their parents find out they're dating, and ban them from seeing each other. Turns out, their parents know something they don't. The visions are hereditary, and if Zellie and Avery stay together, the visions will come true. So how do they get around that pesky little bit of information?



Fallen (Guardian Trilogy Book 1)
This book by Laury Falter is about Maggie. She gets dropped off at a boarding school in New Orleans when her aunt gets an overseas photography job. If that isn't weird enough, she can also send messages between the living and dead. Now that she's in New Orleans, it seems as though her life is in danger from the moment she arrives. A "mystifying stranger," Eran, repeatedly steps in to save her, and she starts to realize that he's probably the one person who can help her understand why she has such dangerous enemies. And maybe they'll fall in love, too -- because what kind of story would this be without young love?